When Anne Belanger received the picture she immediately stuffed the image back into its envelope in disgust. “Look at the angle that he was in,” said the New Westminster mom, her voice a whisper as she fought back tears. “He’s ostracized. He wants to be part of the gang so much.” Ambridge, who was the first to see the photo, said the image made him feel humiliated for his son. “For some reason it makes me feel even worse that he’s so happy in the picture,” he said. “I think it’s because he’s still innocent … He’s still naive to how other people can treat him.”

Miles’ parents have decided to keep the photo from their son, who hasn’t seen the picture. Belanger said Miles is “profoundly aware that he’s different than his peers.” If he saw it, she thinks he would be deeply hurt.

The parents wanted to use the photo to bring attention to the discrimination of people with disabilities.

At first blush I my heart simply goes out to this young man and his family. What do you think?

Welcome back to KSOO-AM 1140 - Live, Local and Breaking News from Sioux Falls, South Dakota

It appears that you already have an account created within our VIP network of sites on .
To keep your points and personal information safe, we need to verify that it's really you.
To activate your account, please confirm your password.
When you have confirmed your password, you will be able to log in through Facebook on both sites.

*Please note that your points, prizes and activities will not be shared between programs within our VIP network.

Welcome back to KSOO-AM 1140 - Live, Local and Breaking News from Sioux Falls, South Dakota

It appears that you already have an account on this site associated with . To connect your existing account just click on the account activation button below. You will maintain your existing VIP profile. After you do this, you will be able to always log in to http://ksoo.com using your original account information.